Robin Leonard Trower (né le 9 mars 1945 à Catford) est un musicien anglais, membre fondateur du Procol Harum et guitar hero des années 1970.
Il commence à jouer dès 1962 dans le groupe The Paramounts auquel participe également Gary Brooker. En 1967 celui-ci fait appel à Robin Trower pour rejoindre Procol Harum. Le son de la Stratocaster de Robin y laisse une empreinte très particulière, mais son style très marqué par celui de Jimi Hendrix contraste avec le reste du groupe. Il quitte Procol Harum en 1972 et se lance dans une carrière solo où il revient vers le Blues et se révèle être l'un des meilleurs guitaristes de sa génération [citation nécessaire]. Malgré l'impasse que représente son imitation du style hendrixien, ce retour obsessionnel au "Machine Gun" de son maître, servi par une voix puissante et des harmonies pleines de sensibilité, parvient à nous toucher par sa modestie et sa détermination.
For Earth Below is guitarist and songwriter Robin Trower's third solo album with cover art by "Funky" Paul Olsen. It was released in 1975.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Robin Trower; except where indicated
"Shame the Devil" - 3:13
"It's Only Money" - 5:38
"Confessin' Midnight" - 5:51
"Fine Day" (James Dewar, Trower) - 3:36
"Alethea" - 3:02
"A Tale Untold" - 5:28
"Gonna Be More Suspicious" (James Dewar, Trower) - 3:05
"For Earth Below" - 6:05
Equipment
In Procol Harum Trower typically played Gibson guitars. Upon launching his solo career Trower changed to a Fender Stratocaster almost exclusively. During a tour with Jethro Tull, Robin arrived early for a sound check and found Martin Barre's Stratocaster (which Barre used for slide playing) propped up against an amplifier. Trower picked up the guitar, plugged it in, and with a shout which resounded around the auditorium he yelled, "This is it!". "I then switched to Strat" he says. "Up to then I had been playing Les Pauls."
Since then Trower has been an ongoing proponent of the Fender Stratocaster. He currently uses his custom-built Strat (made by the Fender Custom Shop) which comes in Black, Arctic White and Midnight Wine Burst. The guitar is equipped with a 1950s reissue pick-up in the neck position, a 1960s reissue in the middle position, and a Texas Special at the bridge.
Other features included a custom C-shaped maple neck featuring a large headstock with a Bullet truss-rod system, locking machine heads and a maple fingerboard with narrow-spaced abalone dot position inlays and 21 frets. The Strats he plays live are an exact model of his signature guitar, which is entirely unmodified. During live performances and on most of his albums, his guitar is tuned a full step down to a DGCFAD tuning.
Il commence à jouer dès 1962 dans le groupe The Paramounts auquel participe également Gary Brooker. En 1967 celui-ci fait appel à Robin Trower pour rejoindre Procol Harum. Le son de la Stratocaster de Robin y laisse une empreinte très particulière, mais son style très marqué par celui de Jimi Hendrix contraste avec le reste du groupe. Il quitte Procol Harum en 1972 et se lance dans une carrière solo où il revient vers le Blues et se révèle être l'un des meilleurs guitaristes de sa génération [citation nécessaire]. Malgré l'impasse que représente son imitation du style hendrixien, ce retour obsessionnel au "Machine Gun" de son maître, servi par une voix puissante et des harmonies pleines de sensibilité, parvient à nous toucher par sa modestie et sa détermination.
For Earth Below is guitarist and songwriter Robin Trower's third solo album with cover art by "Funky" Paul Olsen. It was released in 1975.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Robin Trower; except where indicated
"Shame the Devil" - 3:13
"It's Only Money" - 5:38
"Confessin' Midnight" - 5:51
"Fine Day" (James Dewar, Trower) - 3:36
"Alethea" - 3:02
"A Tale Untold" - 5:28
"Gonna Be More Suspicious" (James Dewar, Trower) - 3:05
"For Earth Below" - 6:05
Equipment
In Procol Harum Trower typically played Gibson guitars. Upon launching his solo career Trower changed to a Fender Stratocaster almost exclusively. During a tour with Jethro Tull, Robin arrived early for a sound check and found Martin Barre's Stratocaster (which Barre used for slide playing) propped up against an amplifier. Trower picked up the guitar, plugged it in, and with a shout which resounded around the auditorium he yelled, "This is it!". "I then switched to Strat" he says. "Up to then I had been playing Les Pauls."
Since then Trower has been an ongoing proponent of the Fender Stratocaster. He currently uses his custom-built Strat (made by the Fender Custom Shop) which comes in Black, Arctic White and Midnight Wine Burst. The guitar is equipped with a 1950s reissue pick-up in the neck position, a 1960s reissue in the middle position, and a Texas Special at the bridge.
Other features included a custom C-shaped maple neck featuring a large headstock with a Bullet truss-rod system, locking machine heads and a maple fingerboard with narrow-spaced abalone dot position inlays and 21 frets. The Strats he plays live are an exact model of his signature guitar, which is entirely unmodified. During live performances and on most of his albums, his guitar is tuned a full step down to a DGCFAD tuning.
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